Recovery. Sobriety. Living Wise.
To read today’s post and hear the music, please go to the Just A Thought website. “Grit is the quiet courage to keep moving when comfort would have us stop — the steady fire that turns endurance into triumph.” — Author unknown My friend Neil Vance offered up a wise observation on parenting. “A parent can do no better than to instill in a child … Continue reading The Virtue of Grit
To read today’s post and hear the music, please go to the Just A Thought website. In A Farewell to Arms Ernest Hemingway wrote: “The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave — impartially.” Many young men today are … Continue reading Broken Open
To read today’s post please go to the Just A Thought website. Please click here. Years ago my brother Kevin gave me a print of a painting by Eric Engstrom of Thomas Wilden, a food peddler in solitary prayer at his dinner table. I remember how it moved me. I was at a low point in my life. As I looked at the picture I … Continue reading Backdoor Prayers
The first real job I ever had was as a Seattle Times paper boy. I delivered papers seven days a week to homes on the north slope of Queen Anne Hill in Seattle. Working my route, I learned a few things about my neighbors: many were lonely many felt isolated many were without family I learned just showing up made a difference in their … Continue reading What I Learned as a Paper Boy
To read today’s post and hear the music, please go to the Just A Thought website. Please click here. ***** “The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.” ~ Eldridge Cleaver In 1968 I read Soul on Ice, by Eldridge Cleaver, a book that, in my college days, would move me like few others. He said, in describing 1968, “The destiny of the entire … Continue reading Mark Pearson Remembers 1968